Favorite Food: An authentic Swiss Muesli for breakfast, a fine deli sandwich for lunch, Italian for dinner, Swiss dark chocolate for desert (or anytime, really!), select European pastries and, of course, any very good cookies!
Prefered Race Distance: Actually, my favorite race distance is the old St. Croix International Tri distance (before they made the mistake of changing the distances to half-Ironman) - it was 1.3 miles swimming, 32 miles biking and about 8 miles running - this distance was the closest any race director has come to creating a balanced race. I’d like to see a Utah race director put on a 2.5km,50km,15km race - (1.5 miles swim, 30 miles biking, 9 miles running) it would be perfectly balanced and give people a perfect race to use as a transition to longer races. I’d support that race for certain if anyone would create it!
Most memorable race and why?
I have many, many memorable (both good and bad) races, over different distances, in different countries, from local, down home races to the Olympic Trials… One race experience that comes to mind is the time I raced in Switzerland the week before the ITU Professional World Triathlon What made that race so memorable (aside from the mtn. top finish!) was the race directors had the bike course go smack dab through downtown Interlaken, Switzerland on a picture-perfect, Saturday, summer morning!!! The town was just PACKED with HUGE tourist buses, TONS of cars, motorcycles, tourists on foot and get this - NO course marshalls, NO road closures! SO, I actually rode down the centerline at 40+ km/hour through downtown Interlaken with traffic zooming buy on both sides and the lead motorcyclist radioing in to the race director telling him I was riding like a man posessed. Anyway, quite memorable - something which would never happen at a race in the US!
Biggest key to your success as an athlete?
I work extremely hard - very continued on page 12…ridiculously difficult some of my wkts are (mainly because I can’t coax anyone to do those wkts with me!).
Biggest challenge making a living as a pro athlete?
I’ve never made a living as a pro triathlete. If I could actually make more money doing triathlons than I spend on triathlons in any given season, I’d be thrilled! I do some fitness and performance consulting in my spare time to make ends meet. Being a pro triathlete is, for me, a quest to realize as much of my athletic potential as I can. The challenge is to see how strong and how fast I can actually become. The interesting thing is, I’m still getting faster even after 10 years of racing pro!
Has it been difficult to make triathlon your #1 priority for so many years? Yes and no. Yes, many times I’ve struggled with it because there are SO many other things in life. On the flip side, having certain races as goals has allowed me to focus my energy on my dreams. I’ll admit it has become more difficult the longer I race. After 10 years of pro racing, I’d actually like to start having a social life!
What is your favorite thing about making Utah your headquarters? Hands down, summer days in the mountains. Not much can surpass a long ride that starts in the cool of the morning and ends in the mellow warmth of summer in the mountains!
pastries and, of course, any very good cookies!
Preferred Race Distance: Actually, my favorite race destance is the old St. Croix International distance. They made the mistake of changing the distance to Half-Ironman. It was 1.3 miles swimming, 32 miles biking and about 8 miles running. This distance was the closest any race director has come to creating a balanced race. I’d like to see a Utah race director put on a 2.5k, 50k, 15k race. It would be perfectly balanced and give people a perfect race to use as a transition to longer races. I’d support that race for certain if anyone would create it!
Most memorable race and why?
I have many, many memorable (both good and bad) races, over different distances, in different countries, from local, down home races to the Olympic Trials. One race experience that comes to mind is the time I raced in Switzerland the week before the International Triathlon Union Professional World Triathlon. What made that race so memorable (aside from the mountain top finish!) was the race directors had the bike course go smack dab through downtown Interlaken, Switzerland on a picture-perfect summer morning!!! The town was just PACKED with HUGE tourist buses, TONS of cars, motorcycles, tourists on foot and get this - NO course marshalls, and NO road closures! So, I actually rode down the centerline at 40+ km/hour through downtown Interlaken with traffic zooming by on both sides and the lead motorcyclist radioing in to the race director telling him I was riding like a man posessed. Anyway, quite memorable - something which would never happen at a race in the US!
Biggest key to your success as an athlete?
I work extremely hard - very few people know just how ridiculously difficult some of my workouts are (mainly because I can’t coax anyone to do those wourkouts with me).
Biggest challenge making a living as a pro athlete?
I’ve never made a living as a pro triathlete. If I could actually make more money doing triathlons then I spend on triathlons in any given season, I’d be thrilled! I do some fitness and performance consulting in my spare time to make ends meet. Being a pro triathlete is, for me, a quest to realize as much of my athletic potential as I can. The challenge is to see how strong and how fast I can actually become. The interesting thing is, I’m still getting faster even after 10 years of racing pro!
Has it been difficult to make triathlon your #1 priority for so many years?
Yes and no. Yes, many times I’ve struggled with it because there are SO many other things in life. On the flip side, having certain races as goals has allowed me to focus my energy on my dreams. I’ll admit it has become more difficult the longer I race. After 10 years of pro racing, I’d actually like to start having a social life!
What is your favorite thing about making Utah your headquarters?
Hands down, summer days in the mountains. Not much can surpass a long ride that starts in the cool of the morning and ends in the mellow warmth of summer in the mountains!
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